Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 29 06:44:55 EDT 2009 | jeffreyj
Hey folks... been reading the threads here the last couple of weeks and don't seem to be getting any smarter (and given my level of ignorance about this equipment, I was sure I could only go up from here...). I've been an independent design engineer
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 13 13:49:44 EDT 1999 | SMT
How is cost per placement calculated?
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 15 15:44:46 EDT 2002 | dragonslayr
You can't control what you don't measure. You have provided very little detail other than post reflow costs are high. What defects are attributed to problems experienced prior to reflow? Are these random or recurring defects? You will need to put ea
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 23 07:34:11 EDT 2007 | davef
Cost per placement = [Equipment cost/5 years/components placed per year] + [Working capital/ components placed per year] + [Expenses/components placed per year]
Electronics Forum | Wed May 16 15:22:25 EDT 2007 | mainenetservices
Below is a call-in question: Has there been a Benchmark study done for Best-In-Class Cost Per Placement of components on PCBA? Also, is there an industry standard to calculate cost per placement of components on PCBA? Any help would be greatly app
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 12 15:53:56 EDT 2018 | davef
SMTA-Shafiq On your cost per placement: Will the through-put of this new placement machine be greater than the current lowest through-put machine on your line? The lowest through-put machine should be your focus. On your reducing the BOM: Reducing
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 02 10:02:03 EDT 2018 | emeto
Now you are going too deep. Purchasing should have nothing to do with your placement cost. Reducing part numbers too. These are separate processes and should be evaluated separately. You have: 1. Machine time and cost -utilities -maintenance -consu
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 12 13:07:20 EDT 2018 | SMTA-Shafiq
Thanks Evtimov. I was actually looking for both. 1. Cost per placement For SMT: Your proposal is the following? (Hourly labour rate of operator + hourly machine & maintenance cost + hourly utilities cost) / # of components placed per hour 2. This
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 24 08:44:17 EDT 2007 | rgduval
Ron, I'd agree that that sounds high. Some things that may be contributing to it: Volume. lower build quantity often leads to higher placement costs. NRE. Does this website quote an NRE for solder stencils, machine programming, and reflow profili
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 01 15:18:01 EDT 2018 | SMTA-Shafiq
Hello All, I'm looking at performing a cost analysis to calculate cost per placement at SMT. I've read articles and many suggest simplifying it to labour cost (hourly rate x # of operators) / # of placements per hour. Other angle to this is evalua
